[BobC]

Hmmmm, no clue. Since it mentions HOF, would have to assume it is 1954, Dickey's year of induction, or later. The drawing of his portrait is one I've never seen before. Images and font seem period for something from the 50s or 60s. Also, the proofreading is not great, they misspelled the word "too" as "to" on the reverse in one spot, so not indicative of a major, professional issue. Also no markings, copyright, indication of manufacturer or origin. Doesn't seem this would have ever actually been associated with the baseball HOF itself. Would seem to be from some set revolving around HOF players though, but don't remember ever seeing another like this. Maybe from some more obscure HOF, like Louisiana's (where Dickey was from) sports hall of fame. But he didn't get inducted into that till 1981, and the card looks to be using much older images/fonts for something from the 80s. It doesn't seem to be some type of NY HOF either, since you would expect other Yankee greats to be in, and as a result, likely very well known among rabid Yankees fans. Could this be some type of fantasy piece or extremely limited, oddball collector's issue?